wtay0001
Registered: December 2006
Location: Simpant Ampat, Penang, Malaysia
Posts: 144
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Review Date: Thu, 17 May 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 8
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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Affordable
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Cons:
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front element protrudes when zoomed. Min aperture a bit only F4.
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200mm + ED lens and at this price. Impressive.
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William Tay
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Review Date: Tue, 29 May 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 9
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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very smooth zoom, lightweight, inexpensive, relatively good image quality
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Cons:
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none that I could think of
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Best bang for the buck if you want an inexpensive telephoto zoom. Its sharp, and yeilds great image quality for what its worth.
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Review Date: Sun, 10 June 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: USD220.00
| Rating: 8
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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Size, weight, build quality, range
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Great lens for the price. 220$ BEFORE 50$ rebate. Provides a very nice range though 35-200 would be perfect IMO. Very good size and weight for range though when zoomed it looks a bit junky as the front element sticks way out front and the barrel becomes narrow making it look a bit cheap. Not super sharp but certainly capable of taking quality photos. Stopping down a bit helps, especially when at the extremes of either end.
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Heathglen
Registered: May 2007
Posts: 17
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Review Date: Wed, 25 July 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: USD220.00
| Rating: 7
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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Great bang for the buck. Light weight. Good quality lens.
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Cons:
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Soft at outer limits. Doesn't have the feel of quality.
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This big brother of the kit 18-55 is not expensive for the quality of it capability. The light weight is a two edged blade in that it is easy to carry around yet leads me to wonder about its durability. I haven't heard of any breaking down, but it almost feels flimsy.
I have better zooms covering this range, but the lightness of this one makes it all too easy a choice for a quick trip - and it doesn't disappoint.
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rei_vilo
Registered: June 2007
Location: Paris, France
Posts: 201
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Review Date: Sun, 16 September 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 8
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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Value and good quality image
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Cons:
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Soft on 200mm
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Better than the 18-55mm supplied on basic kit. Good image quality and high range versatility (55 through 200mm), especially for portraits. For wildlife pictures (birds) at 200mm, image on the soft side and max aperture could be an issue.
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rei_vilo
K-5 + BG4 + DA* 16-50 + DA* 50-135 + DA* 60-250 + AF-540FGZ
sites.google.com/site/vilorei/photography
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